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adj.VERBS▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound▪ become, get, grow, turn (esp. AmE)▪ remain, stay▪
She couldn't stay angry with him for long.
▪ get sb (esp. AmE), make sb▪That man makes me angry every time I see him.
ADVERB▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.▪ bitterly, furiously, incredibly, terribly▪ a little, slightly, etc.▪ increasingly▪ suddenly▪ clearly, visibly▪ understandably▪They are understandably angry that some workers will be fired.
PREPOSITION▪ about▪Local people are very angry about the plans to close another hospital.
▪ at▪The members of the group are frustrated and angry at their lack of power.
▪ with▪I got terribly angry with him.
PHRASES▪ have every reason to be angry, have every right to be angry, have a right to be angry▪She had every right to be angry about the damage to the house.
▪ have no reason to be angry, have no right to be angryAngry is used with these nouns: ↑bee, ↑bellow, ↑buzz, ↑clash, ↑crowd, ↑customer, ↑demonstrator, ↑denunciation, ↑email, ↑exchange, ↑expression, ↑eye, ↑face, ↑fist, ↑frown, ↑frustration, ↑gaze, ↑gesture, ↑glance, ↑glare, ↑growl, ↑grunt, ↑letter, ↑look, ↑meeting, ↑mob, ↑murmur, ↑outburst, ↑parent, ↑protest, ↑protester, ↑reaction, ↑response, ↑retort, ↑roar, ↑scene, ↑scowl, ↑shout, ↑tear, ↑tone, ↑voice, ↑word
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angry — angry, irate, indignant, wrathful, wroth, acrimonious, mad mean feeling or showing strong displeasure or bad temper. Angry is applied to persons or their moods, acts, looks, or words; it is also applied to animals {an angry bull} and by extension … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Angry — An gry, a. [Compar. {Angrier}; superl. {Angriest}.] [See {Anger}.] 1. Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] God had provided a severe and angry education to chastise the forwardness of a young spirit. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
angry — [aŋ′grē] adj. angrier, angriest [ME angri, troubled < ANGER] 1. feeling, showing, or resulting from anger [an angry reply] 2. wild and stormy, as if angry [an angry sea] 3. inflamed and sore [an angry wound] angrily … English World dictionary
angry — (adj.) late 14c., from ANGER (Cf. anger) (n.) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Originally full of trouble, vexatious; sense of enraged, irate also is from late 14c. The Old Norse adjective was ongrfullr sorrowful, and Middle English had angerful anxious, eager… … Etymology dictionary
Angry-la — Angry la: a place either in your mind or in a community where either a state of anger persists (as in the mind) or where anger exists collectively within a community. No matter how pleasantle he s treated, he always behaves, reacts, or replies… … Dictionary of american slang
angry — index resentful, vehement, vindictive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
angry — [adj] being mad, often extremely mad affronted, annoyed, antagonized, bitter, chafed, choleric, convulsed, cross, displeased, enraged, exacerbated, exasperated, ferocious, fierce, fiery, fuming, furious, galled, hateful, heated, hot, huffy, ill… … New thesaurus
angry — ► ADJECTIVE (angrier, angriest) 1) feeling or showing anger. 2) (of a wound or sore) red and inflamed. DERIVATIVES angrily adverb … English terms dictionary
angry — an|gry W3S3 [ˈæŋgri] adj comparative angrier superlative angriest [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: anger] 1.) feeling strong emotions which make you want to shout at someone or hurt them because they have behaved in an unfair, cruel, offensive etc way,… … Dictionary of contemporary English
angry */*/*/ — UK [ˈæŋɡrɪ] / US adjective Word forms angry : adjective angry comparative angrier superlative angriest Metaphor: Being angry is like being hot or on fire. She burned with indignation. ♦ He has a fiery temper. ♦ Jack was a hot tempered young man.… … English dictionary
angry — adj. 1) to become, get angry 2) angry about; at, with; for (he was angry at/with his neighbor about the noisy party; we were angry at being disturbed; she was angry at/with me for being late) 3) angry to + inf. (I was angry to learn of his… … Combinatory dictionary